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9th June 2017   Sino-Japanese fusion Restaurant Mei Ume has opened in the Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square.   The kitchen is led by head chef Tony Truong, previously of Royal China, alongside former Sake No Hana sushi chef Mun Seok Choi and dim sum chef Liang Kian Cheng.   The venue […]

8th June 2017   North west-based Indian restaurant Barton Rouge is to launch its third site, in Liverpool. Following a half million pound investment, the company is opening in Exchange Street on the site of the former Anderson’s Bar.  The two-storey 5,650 square foot restaurant, which is due to open this month, will have 180 covers.   “When

4th June 2017   The Taiwanese restaurant Bao team has launched upmarket concept Xu in Soho.   Bao launched its Soho restaurant in 2015, offering Chinese snacks, steamed buns and sharing dishes, followed by its second site, in Fitzrovia, in July the following year. The enterprise is backed by JKS Restaurants, whose venues include the Michelin-starred Gymkhana

3rd June 2017   D&D London chairman and chief executive Des Gunewardena has said the eating-out market still has long-term growth as he looks to build a 50-strong restaurant portfolio in the UK. Gunewardena added the company, which has 29 restaurants in London and eight outside the capital, also plans to add to its sites

 2nd June 2017 The Mayor of London, Saqiq Khan, has announced his team to help cut food waste and tackle food poverty across the capital. Chaired by Rosie Boycott, the new London Food Board will advise the Mayor on food policy, the GLA’s own Food Programme, and developing and delivering the new London Food Strategy, to be

27th May 2017   Street food restaurant group Indian Tiffin Room, which operates two venues in Greater Manchester, has submitted a planning application for a 100-seater restaurant in Park Row, in Leeds’s financial district, which is home to a number of well-known restaurants.   Indian Tiffin Room, which has restaurants in Cheadle and Manchester city

26th May 2017   Bavava Restaurants, which ownss Indian restaurant and craft beer concept Papadoms, has launched gourmet kebab and beer concept Döner Haüs in Sunderland. The company has converted its debut Papadoms site in High Street West to the new-look kebab house in the first of what the company intends to be a chain

23rd May 2017   Casual dining chain Wahaca has admitted legal liability for the outbreak of norovirus last year that saw 200 staff and 160 diners fall ill.   The company closed nine restaurants around the country at last year, starting with its Manchester site in 26 October. It then  closed eight more as it became apparent 

21st May 2017   The ‘world’s hottest chilli’ has been unveiled at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Dragon’s Breath chilli as it is known comes in at 2.4 million Scovilles (SCU), that’s 200,000 SCU hotter than the current record holder.   The chilli is the culmination of a joint project involving Tom Smith

17th May 2017   The Cinnamon Collection’s executive chef and founder Vivek Singh has been confirmed for a headline Keynote Q&A at Commercial Kitchen 2017.  Singh’s ‘in conversation’ session, with fellow chef and restaurant consultant Jay Morjaria, is set to reveal exclusive insights into the inner workings of the kitchens and kit at the heart